Re: BBC iPlayer Desktop

Peter Watson wrote:
> On Monday 21 Dec 2009 11:31:43 Len Lawrence wrote:
>   
>> Peter Watson wrote:
>>     
>>> The command get_iplayer gives me a list of programmes with numbers in the
>>> first column.
>>>
>>> Then the command get_iplayer --get 123 will download the programme with
>>> number 123. However sometimes I receive a message that there is no iphone
>>> version, in this case I use the command
>>>
>>> get_iplayer --type=tv --get 123 --modes=iphone,flashhigh,flashnormal --
>>> flvstreamer=flvstreamer  (this command all on one line)
>>>
>>> This works but does require the separate programme flvstreamer, I
>>> downloaded the fedora version of this from the get_iplayer site and it
>>> seems to work fine.
>>>
>>> I notice in the documentation that there is also an option to download a
>>> high quality flash version but I have not tried this.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>       
>> In view of all the problems I decided simply to download the latest
>> get_iplayer and run it from my own bin directory.  The first problem was
>> no links on the BBC iPlayer site to a download.  Everything ended up at
>> iPlayer Desktop so I had to goggle for the script.  Found it at
>> LinuxCentre http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer/download.  So has the BBC
>> withdrawn support for get_iplayer by itself?
>>
>> The good news is that the get_iplayer --get nnn command now works.
>>
>>     
> Len
> As I understand it get_iplayer was never supported by the BBC but is an 
> independent effort to give Linux users a facility dating back to the time 
> before the BBC's iplayer supported Linux at all.
>
> You have to run the command get_ iplayer by itself to get the programme 
> numbers and populate your cache before you can run the get_iplayer --get nnn 
> command.
>
> I have both the get_iplayer perl script and the fedora flvstreamer executable   
> in my home directory and run the perl script from there using ./get_iplayer.
>
> I have found that there is sometimes a delay in the BBC putting an iphone 
> version up and if you try again in a day or two the get_iplayer --get nnn 
> command which previously failed might work. failing that the extended command 
> using flvstreamer has usually worked for me.
>
> HTH
>
>   
Peter and David.  Thanks for your help and encouragement.  I shall 
tinker some more over the next few days and report any success.

And a happy Yuletide season to you all.

Len



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